| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立政治大學 === 歷史學系 === 107 === Ayukawa Yoshisuke(1880-1967), as the founder of Nissan Corporation, was under huge influence of Inoue Kaoru, his granduncle, in his ambition to become an engineer and entrepreneur. With the help of his family network, he established the Tobata Foundry Corporation. Simultaneously, Japan benefited from the economic boom of her involvement in World War I and subsequently the post-war recession. In this regard, the Japanese government formulated the protective industry policy and encouraged enterprises to invest in heavy chemical industry. Thanks to this trend, the business of Ayukawa expanded consistently. He later decided to merge Kuhara Mining Company and Tobata Foundry which led to the founding of Nissan in 1928. Right Into the 1930's, Japan suffered immensely from Great Depression. The Japanese bureaucrats thus adopted a planned economic model and promoted "industry rationalization". The heavy chemical industry experienced another boom as Japan geared herself into warfare following the Mukden Incident. Under this turmoil, Nissan established its leading position in heavy chemical industry and invested immensely in the automotive industry,. It thus drew attention from bureaucrats and military personals.
After 1935, the Kwantung Army decided to make us of Japanese entrepreneurs to invest in Manchuria industry in the new five-year plan hoped to defend against Soviet Union. Given Nissan’s superb heavy industry capacity and the unique management methodology of Ayukawa, Kwantung Army and Manchuria bureaucrats persuaded him to Manchuria. At the meanwhile, Ayukawa considered that to be a great opportunity to expand his business and therefore decided to go.
During his stay in Manchuria, Ayukawa established his own Manchuria network. Withthe help of Manchuria network, Ayukawa moved Nissan to Manchuria and established Manchurian Heavy Industry development company. However, due to outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War and World War II, the plan could not proceed smoothly. In addition, every personnel harbor competing agendas, which made Ayukawa believed that Manchuria industrial development utterly failed.
With reference to the case of Ayukawa Yoshisuke, this research is going to explore the global industrial transformation, the process of Japanese industrial upgrading, the war that Japanese elites acquainted about and operated in Manchuria in the form of " government-industry- military" relationship. Finally, due to the war, Ayukawa’s plan encountered various difficulties that finally led to his decision of leaving Manchuria. This research also hope to reevaluate the relationship between Japan and Manchuria Through the experience of Japanese entrepreneurs.
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